A military marriage isn’t easy. Fluctuating schedules, fluctuating priorities; changing goals, changing locations; time together, time apart, time trying to establish what was before. It’s tough to find a balance some days when you’re married and in the military. And it can be easy sometimes to want to look over the proverbial fence to someone

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A couple of weekends ago I had the opportunity to represent Wives of Faith at a table for one of the pre-deployment briefings the 278th held for their families. This is the largest National Guard unit in Tennessee (3000 or so) and for many it’s their second deployment in four years. It was a privilege

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I am so excited to be speaking to the spouses this weekend at the National Guard Association of Louisiana Conference near Alexandria! We are going to be talking about keeping a strong marriage, and yesterday I sent a question out to my Facebook and Twitter folks asking what they felt was the most important thing

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The other night when my husband Cliff and I were teaching our second grade choir class on Sunday night, we were working on learning a new song titled “Speak to Me.” As a way of illustrating how important it is to really listen for God’s voice, Cliff had the kids play the Telephone Game. Did

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We got to go see Fireproof Friday night. ABSOLUTELY AWESOME MOVIE! If you haven’t seen this movie you need to. I was not disappointed. There are so many issues that are raised in this film, and it really does a great job of opening up dialogue and communication between couples afterwards. Cliff and I were

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Living on love. That’s what my husband said we’re doing yesterday and I have to agree. Maybe it’s a corny sentiment, but it’s pretty accurate in our case. Since he got home, I have embraced, savored and enjoyed our family time. And I haven’t wanted to do anything else. If you’ve known me for a

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